nes in
question. You may recollect them; they are as follows:--

O Erin shall it e'er be mine, To wreak thy wrongs in battle line; To
raise my victorhead and see Thy hills, thy dales, thy people free,--That
glance of bliss is all I crave, Betwixt my labours and my grave!
(Cheers.)

The rhythm is perfect, the versification excellent, and my
disinclination to take the parentage is not because of any defect in
them; but it is a matter of fact, there is only one word which I
inserted, and which I claim as my own composition--that word is 'Erin.'
In the original lines the word was 'Scotland;' they are from a poem of
Miss Mitford, called '"Wallace '--a poem not as well known as it ought
to be."

"Mr. Maurice O'Connell--The lines are by Miss Holcroft."

"Mr. O'Connell--My son differs with me as to the authorship, but I
cannot help that; but there is one thing we cannot dispute about, and
that is, the lines are not mine."

Although Mr. Maurice O'Connell undertook to set his father right, he was
equally at fault himself, for the lines are Scott's.

In the Lord of the Isles, canto 4, stanza 30, King Robert says:--

'O Scotland! shall it e'er be mine To wreak thy wrongs in battle line;
To raise my victorhead and see Thy hills, thy dales, thy people
free,--That glance of bliss is all I crave, Betwixt my labours and my
grave." Then down the hill he slowly went, etc.

[106] The author was present at the two days' discussion. As Smith
O'Brien, on leaving, went towards the door, several persons seizing him
by the hands and arms, said to him, in a spirit of earnest, but friendly
appeal--"Sure you are not going away, Sir. O'Brien?" He only answered by
a determined shake of his head, and moved on. For some time after the
departure of Smith O'Brien and his supporters silent depression reigned
in the Hall. John Augustus O'Neill, in an eloquent speech, endeavoured
to put the meeting in good spirits again, but with very limited success.
Every one seemed to feel that a great calamity had occurred. O'Brien and
Mitchel spoke with cool, collected determination--more especially the
latter. John O'Connell took his stand on the Rules of the Association,
as embodied in the Peace Resolutions. I was near him during his speech
on each day; and although evidently labouring under the gravity of the
occasion, he never ceased to be master of himself. His style was clear,
but his voice being neither powerful nor resonant, he failed to make
that imp